This course covers psychological principles pertaining to educational settings, mostly in school environment. The lectures help students to acquire knowledge of psychology of education. For preparation of active-learning classes, the registration deadline is set at am 00:00, April 7th, 2023. Those who did not make the deadline and yet registered shall receive a dismissal notice from the instructor.
The students are supposed to gain familiarity with psychological knowledge and application to education.
education, psychology, schooling
Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
In each class, students receive a handout as file attachments in advance, and the lecture goes on by using Powerpoint.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Preadolescent thinking | Understanding the characteristics of thinking until the 6th grade. |
Class 2 | Adolescent thinking | Understanding the thinking patterns in junior high schools and thereafter. |
Class 3 | Acquisition of morality | Understanding how youth moral principles develop. |
Class 4 | Memory processes | Understanding the stages of human memory processes. |
Class 5 | Intelligence and its educational implications | Understanding educational implications of individual intellectual differences. |
Class 6 | Acquisition of numbers | Understanding how school children learn to deal with numerical information. |
Class 7 | Learning motivation | Understanding how motivations matter in learning. |
Class 8 | In-class presentation by the students and feedbacks from the instructor. | Can present the understanding acquired through the coursework. |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Not required. Handouts are distributed for each class.
• NOT REQUIRED but recommended: Galotti (2017), Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory, ASIN :1506351565
In-class learning enthusiasm: 10%
Performance on the final exam and the final presentation: 90%
For preparation of active-learning classes, the registration deadline is set at am 00:00, April 7th, 2023. Those who did not make the deadline and yet registered shall receive a dismissal notice from the instructor. To ensure active-learning style, this course requires a "minimum passenger count" of NINE registrations. The class is dismissed otherwise.
Having earned undergraduate credits of introductory psychology courses.
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